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The lynching of Willie Earle took place in Greenville, South Carolina on February 16, 1947, when Earle, a 24-year-old black man, was arrested, taken from his jail cell and murdered. It is considered the last racially motivated lynching to occur in South Carolina.
The New Year's Day March in Greenville, South Carolina was a 1,000-man march that protested the segregated facilities at the Greenville Municipal Airport, now renamed the Greenville Downtown Airport. The march occurred after Richard Henry and Jackie Robinson were prohibited from using a white-only waiting room at the airport.
Others have South Carolina historical markers (HM). The citation on historical markers is given in the reference. The location listed is the nearest community to the site. More precise locations are given in the reference. These listings illustrate some of the history and contributions of African Americans in South Carolina.
The parade attracts between 10,000 and 15,500 spectators each year and has provided over $60,000 in scholarships for youth in the community. 40th Annual Black History Parade expected to roll out ...
June 19 is Juneteenth, a day that commemorates Black enslaved people learning about their freedom in 1865. Here are the local events to celebrate it. June 19 is Juneteenth, a day that commemorates ...
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Greenville (/ ˈ ɡ r iː n v ɪ l / GREEN-vil; locally / ˈ ɡ r iː n v əl / GREEN-vəl) is a city in and the county seat of Greenville County, South Carolina, United States.With a population of 70,720 at the 2020 census, it is the sixth-most populous city in the state. [7]
Prior to the civil rights movement in South Carolina, African Americans in the state had very few political rights. South Carolina briefly had a majority-black government during the Reconstruction era after the Civil War, but with the 1876 inauguration of Governor Wade Hampton III, a Democrat who supported the disenfranchisement of blacks, African Americans in South Carolina struggled to ...